Reform UK’s candidate for the Makerfield byelection, Robert Kenyon, is drawing renewed attention after older comments resurfaced from 2016. In posts on a defunct rugby league forum, Kenyon described Brexit as an “economically self-harming project” and said that its proponents “peddled the nationalistic pish.” The remarks, reported by multiple outlets drawing on the same archived material, have raised questions about his position on Brexit and whether it aligns with Nigel Farage’s signature policy. One report says the renewed scrutiny follows the emergence of another comment in which Kenyon states that people should not assume he voted for Brexit. The coverage focuses on the timing and content of the earlier statements, presenting them as evidence of past scepticism toward Brexit while also noting subsequent context provided by his later comments. The reports do not indicate that Kenyon’s current stance on Brexit has been formally clarified in the articles summarised.